JCCV happy with outcome of antisemitic incident’s investigation

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has welcomed the conclusion of the investigation into Dr Arthur Nasis who sent a letter with antisemitic remarks to his sister which was received inadvertently by the subjects of its content. Read more

UAE Sheikh purchases half of Jerusalem’s soccer team

Another historic phase in the rapidly unfolding Abraham Accords was recorded Monday when Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, a member of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) royal family, purchased 50% of the Beitar Jerusalem football club. Read more

UNESCO’s choice

UNESCO has established the world’s first Chair on Dance and Social Inclusion. However, their choice of co-chair is someone who has publicly affiliated with a terror group. Read more

Israeli company launches pilot program to help solve problem of textile waste

Re-Born Global, Israel’s first platform for a circular economy in textiles, has launched Re-Born Textiles, the first circular management system for textile waste. Read more

Vic tells how he was saved in the surf

An awareness-raising evening for the recently-formed Israel Life Saving Federation has been held in Sydney with Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff relating his own near-drowning experience. Read more

ECAJ annual conference: Take two

Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne has addressed a second sitting of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference originally held a week ago. Read more

Australian politicians to join UK and Israeli colleagues in dialogue

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Pillars of Light to take the Chanukah message to Melburnians

Melbourne’s The ARK Centre will host ‘Pillars of Light’ festival with Gandel Philanthropy and Federation Square for the eight evenings of Chanukah. Read more

Music is Forever

Be transported to the world of tsars, gilded palaces, caviar and untamed wilderness with Dunera Project, an Emanuel Synagogue initiative. Join us for an online musical event, sponsored by JewishCare NSW and UIA, celebrating the richness, splendour and beauty of Russian music and culture: Muzyka Vechna… Music is Forever! Read more

Bahrain changes tune, says won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements

Bahrain will not allow imports from Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, Bahrain’s Industry, Commerce and Tourism Ministry said on Friday according to a report by the state news agency BNA.  Read more

Do-gooders who do bad – NGO problems exposed at AIJAC webinar

With terrorism and antisemitism ever-present threats, the latest webinar from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) featured NGO Monitor Vice President Olga Deutsch, whose topic was “Following the Money Trail: An Insight into the Funding of Terrorism and Antisemitism”. Read more

Top women diplomats from Israel, UAE, Bahrain come together in trailblazing event

The Israeli Foreign Ministry’s “Women in Diplomacy Network” together with the governments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Bahrain held a first of its kind panel examining the role of women in diplomacy 20 years after the adoption of UN Resolution 1325. Read more

Israeli aid delegation working round-the-clock in hurricane-struck Honduras

The IDF’s Home Front Command (HFC) and the Israeli Foreign Ministry aid delegation has been assisting cities in northwestern Honduras which were struck by the two hurricanes that blew through Central America last month. Read more

Malka Leifer appeal against extradition heard

In Israel’s Supreme Court a panel of judges has heard the oral appeal by Malka Leifer’s defence regarding the Jerusalem’s District Court’s decision to extradite Leifer to Australia to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse. Read more

Amir Peretz announced candidacy for Israel’s Presidency

Amir Peretz, chairman of the Labor Party and currently the Minister of Economy, announced Thursday his intentions to run for the position of the next President of the State of Israel after Reuven Rivlin ends his tenure. Read more

English Premier League and clubs adopt definition of antisemitism

The English Premier League and its clubs adopted on Thursday the widely accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Read more

British MP suspended for antisemitism is elected to party disciplinary board

A member of the British Parliament who served a suspension for antisemitism and was reinstated by his party has been elected to serve on his party’s disciplinary board. Read more

Philanthropist donates US$30 million for new emergency department in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv Sourasky-Ichilov Medical Center Tel Aviv announced a new emergency medicine department to be named after philanthropist Sylvan Adams, who donated NIS 100 million (more than $30 million) for its establishment. Read more

Multicultural challah

Recently, Kangarusski volunteers hosted a Challah bake event at Our Big Kitchen for members of the We Are All Sydney (WAAS) leadership course. Read more

Senate motion on the 25th anniversary of Rabin’s assassination marred by anti-Israel outburst

The Zionist Federation of Australia welcomed a Senate motion by Senator Eric Abetz on behalf of 23 other cross-party senators. Read more

COVID-19 and the Melbourne Jewish community

Melbourne’s Jewish Care has joined forces with nine other ethno-specific service providers in a consortium called Cultural Connections Victoria, to develop a survey that will help us better understand the impact of the pandemic on Victoria’s multicultural communities. Read more

Netanyahu welcomes Bahraini tourism minister in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday at his office in Jerusalem with Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashin Al Zayani, who is in Israel until Thursday leading a 40-member delegation. Read more

President Rivlin at reception ceremony for the Israel Navy’s new missile boat, INS Magen

President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has addressed the guests and crew at the reception ceremony for the Israel Navy’s new missile boat, INS Magen, at the Haifa Naval Base. Read more

Knesset moves towards dissolving unity government, possible new elections

The Israeli Knesset passed a preliminary bill to dissolve the government, paving the way for a fourth round of elections within the last two years. Read more

Australia commended for UN vote

The Zionist Federation of Australia has commended the Australian Government for maintaining its principled voting record in the United Nations. Read more

Palestinian Authority teaches kids to identify as ‘refugees’

Palestinian children born decades after Israel’s establishment in 1948 are being educated by the authorities in Ramallah to envision themselves as residents of the cities “stolen by the Jews” and as “refugees” temporarily living in the Palestinian territories, Palestinian Media Watch reported on Tuesday. Read more

European Union makes move to combat antisemitism

A key body of the European Union adopted a declaration on Wednesday to combat antisemitism. Read more

Antisemitism focus of major global confab on Internet Hate

Antisemitism in all its manifestations was the focus of the 2020 Annual Conference of the International Network Against Cyber Hate, an alliance of the major non-governmental organisations confronting this phenomenon since 2002. Read more

Israeli joins A-League

Israeli football striker Tomer Hemed has signed to play for New Zealand club the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. Read more

A building to create a brighter future

Emanuel School has received approval to redevelop an existing, outdated 1970s building to create a state-of-the-art learning centre, doubling the existing floor space. Read more

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